Floor-setting tool.



No. 634,561. Patented Oct. 1,1399. L. A. MANWABING.

FLOOR SETTING TOOL.

( Application filed Apr. 17, -1

(No Medal.)

UNITED} STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEVERETT A. MANWARING, OF LEBANON, CONNECTICUT.

FLOOR-SETTING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION Application filedApril 17, 1399 To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, LEVERETT A. MANWAR- ING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lebanon, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFloor-Setting Tools; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in [O the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofrefer- Y ence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

r 5 This invention relates tonew and useful im-' provements infloor-setting devices, and especially to a tool of this character inwhich a lever is provided having pivoted thereto a clevis with spurends, which are adapted to be driven into the floor-joist, and asettingblock, which is apertured and fitted over, the lever and having ametallic grooved face for engagement with the tongue of the flooring,whereby as the lever is swung toward the matched edge of the floor theboards are crowded tightly together. i

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the sameconsists, further, in the novel construction, combination,

0 and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully describedand then specifically defined in the appended claim;

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,with the let- 5. ters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing my floor-setting tool as secured to a joist, with thesetting-block engaging with the tongue of the floor-board. Fig. 2 is anenlarged view.

in perspective of the tool.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the handie or lever of the tool, which at one end is formedinto a hook A, whereby the tool may forming part of Letters Patent No.634,561, dated October 10, 1899.

Serial No. 713,326. (No model.)

be hung up when not in use. At any suitable location on the handle, asat b, the clevis B is pivoted, said clevis having spurs B, which areadapted to be driven into the side of the floor-joist when the tool isadjusted for use. The setting-block D is made, preferably, of twopieces, the wooden body portion being aper'tured, as at D, through whichthe handle passes, as shown, while at the straight edge 7 be readilyunderstood, as the spurs of the pivoted clevis-shaped member are driveninto the side of the joist, and as the upper end of the handle is swungtoward the flooring being.

set the setting-block will beforced against the tongue of thefloor-board and the' latter forced tightly in a matched relation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, .is

A floor-setting device, consisting of the floor-block having an aperturewith a convexed wall, a removable tongue secured in the elongated edgeof said block combined with the handle A having a clevis-shaped member Bwith spur ends B, said handle car rying ascrew on the shank of which ispivoted said member B, and the retaining-pin H, all arranged,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVERETT A. MANVVARING.

Witnesses:

H. P. BUELL,

DAUDEY.

